PAUL HIRST (1946 - 2003)
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On 2nd October 2004, Birkbeck College will be holding a conference to mark the work of sociologist Paul Hirst who died last year.听听 A Professor of Social Theory at the college and one of the founders of its School of Politics and Sociology, he is perhaps best known for his writing on globalisation: putting forward the provocative view that the phenomenon is neither as recent, nor as widespread, as is popularly believed.
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Laurie Taylor discusses Paul Hirst's legacy with Samantha Ashenden, a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Birkbeck and Grahame Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at the Open University and co-author with Paul Hirst of Globalisation in Question.
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POLITICS and SOCIOLOGY
Laurie Taylor talks to the man who could be described as "Gordon Brown's听favourite sociologist" -听Professor James W. Stockinger from the University of California at Berkeley - whose writing was cited by the Chancellor in his Labour Party conference speech this week.
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2nd October 2004 - Birkbeck College to celebrate the work of Paul Hirst
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Telephone: 020 7898 4915
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Birkbeck and one of the organisers of the conference and chair of the "Space and Power" session
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Professor of Political Economy at the and chair of the conference session on "War, Globalisation and Imagining the Future"听
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Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance听
Paul Hirst, Grahame Thompson
Publisher: Polity Press
ISBN 0745621643
Professor James W. Stockinger
Visiting Professor at the , University of California, Berkeley
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